2009 InterLiga

2009 InterLiga
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates January 2–11
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Guadalajara (1st title)
Runners-up Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 42 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Carlos Ochoa
Paraguay Edgar Benítez
(4 goals each)

The 2009 InterLiga is the 6th edition of the tournament that will determine the last two Mexican spots in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

Venues

Stadium City Capacity
Home Depot Center Carson, CA 27,000
Pizza Hut Park Frisco, TX 20,500
Robertson Stadium Houston, TX 32,000

Qualification

The eight qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2008 Apertura general table who did not qualify for the 2009 Copa Libertadores (San Luis) directly and did not qualify for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League from the previous season (Atlante, UNAM, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna).

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 San Luis 17 8 5 4 24 20+4 29 2009 Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
2 Toluca 17 7 6 4 25 16+9 27 2009 InterLiga
3 Atlante 17 7 6 4 22 16+6 27Not eligible
4 UNAM 17 7 5 5 22 13+9 26
5 Cruz Azul 17 7 5 5 29 13+16 26
6 UANL 17 7 5 5 22 16+6 26 2009 InterLiga
7 UAG 17 7 4 6 30 28+2 25
8 Guadalajara 17 6 7 4 23 230 25
9 Morelia 17 6 6 5 27 20+7 24
10 Santos Laguna 17 5 7 5 22 20+2 22Not eligible
11 Atlas 17 6 4 7 23 274 22 2009 InterLiga
12 Pachuca 17 5 6 6 25 250 21
13 América 17 5 6 6 22 231 21
14 Ciudad Juárez 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
15 Monterrey 17 5 4 8 18 268 19
16 Chiapas 17 5 3 9 20 3414 18
17 Necaxa 17 3 6 8 17 247 15
18 Puebla 17 2 9 6 12 219 15

Updated to games played on 11 January 2009.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Atlante, UNAM, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna do not qualify to the InterLiga due to existing commitment in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Pachuca320153+26
Morelia311142+24
Toluca311132+14
UAG310216-53

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Guadalajara321084+47
Atlas311154+14
América311156-14
UANL301237-41

Finals

Main article: InterLiga 2009 Final

2009-01-11
21:30
Guadalajara Mexico 1 1 Mexico Morelia
Fabián  65' (Report) Ochoa  57' (o.g.)
  Penalties  
Ochoa
Fabián
Reynoso
Pineda
4 2 Wilson Tiago
Cabrera
Rojas
Droguett
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Goalscorers

As of 12 January 2009.[1]

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

See also

References

  1. "InterLiga: Estadisticas: 2008". website. InterLiga. 2009. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

External links

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